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A fund takes control of Eataly for €200 million
…Controlled by the Farinetti family, the restaurant-grocery chain Eataly (44 stores in 15 countries, turnover of €464 million in 2021), is preparing to continue expansion after selling...
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26 September 2022
Shopify to let staff decide the breakdown of their remuneration
Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify, which has seen its share price plummet 75% in one year, has decided to adjust its remuneration system. The company’s workforce, which stands at 10,000...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
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23 September 2022
UK. Supermarkets give staff a helping hand amid rising inflation
Shopping vouchers, free meals and even a second pay rise in the same year – a host of measures have been announced in the UK retail sector to support staff amid rising prices. Such measures also...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
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23 September 2022
ID Kids to test SoftPOS payment
…In a bid to make a payment experience more transparent, the ID Kids childcare retailer will be testing “SoftPOS” mobile payment in stores from 2023. This new payment trend...
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23 September 2022
[Use Case] Furniture retailer But quadrupled click-through rate with location-based SMS
…The contextAlthough for furniture retailer But (320 stores, total turnover of €2.12 billion in 2021), the paper leaflet remains the primary marketing and sales activation lever, the...
23 September 2022
VTEX chooses integrated payment from Adyen
…On 16 September, VTEX (2021 sales of US$ 150 million via 38 countries) joined forces with payment solutions provider Adyen. By integrating payment into its offer, the Brazilian...
23 September 2022
The carbon footprint of stores is twice as large as e-commerce
According to EuroCommerce, 94% of the Dutch, 82% of the Germans and 82% of the French bought online in 2021. The volume of deliveries is exploding, as are the associated CO2 emissions. Should...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
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21 September 2022
How ManoMano engages trade customers digitally
Faced with the expansion of Screwfix (Kingfisher) in Europe, ManoMano is enhancing its app dedicated to B2B customers with a new loyalty programme. The marketplace, which generates 20% of business...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
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20 September 2022
UK: Boots to roll out marketplace with Mirakl
…The British drugstore chain Boots (a subsidiary of Walgreens Boots Alliance, 2021 turnover of US$133 billion, up 7.5%) will launch a digital marketplace in spring 2023 with Mirakl...
19 September 2022
[Amazon Results] Amazon caught by rising inflation and end of Covid
In Q2 2022, Amazon's total revenue fell by 4.6% year-on-year. After falling 3% in Q1 2022, online sales fell another 0.5%.
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- Retailer and e-commerce
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19 September 2022
Printemps expected in New York
Article by Sophie Baque, published on September 16, 2022…The Printemps department store retailer, controlled by the Qatari-Luxembourg fund Disa, will open a department store in Manhattan in...
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19 September 2022
John Lewis Partnership to give staff free meals during 3 months
JLP, which owns the John Lewis department stores and Waitrose supermarkets (sales of € 15 billion in 2021 up by 1%), will give its some 80,000 employees free meals between 3 October 2022 and...
16 September 2022
In China, H&M is finally back on Tmall
After being suspended from the Chinese Internet following the boycott of Xinjiang products in 2020, the Swedish fashion retailer H&M (US$5.36 billion turnover in Q2 2022, up by 12% in local...
8 September 2022
Walmart wants to take full control of Massmart
On August 29, Walmart launched a US$377.6 million offer (53% above the closing stock price) to fully acquire Massmart, which operates Builders, Game, Masscash and Makro stores in South Africa. The...
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8 September 2022
Yes Ad : marketing and commercial actions in a world without leaflets ?
If the subject of zero leaflets is not new in the retail sector, it depends on the ambition and freedom of each company. In 2022, inflation, environmental and legal constraints have created an...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
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8 September 2022
Walmart speeds up stock management with Vizpick and Blue Yonder
During the company’s Q2 earnings conference call (which ended on July 29, 2022), Walmart announced increased efficiency and speed for inventory management at 4,500 U.S. stores. The...
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2 September 2022
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Against a backdrop of growing pressure on household budgets, the European CCD2 Directive coming into force and a new legal framework for assisted purchasing journeys, Oney is stepping up an...
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29 October 2026
Amid an ownership shake-up following its acquisition by Evoriel, shopping centre operator Advantail has signed with Formality to digitise the management of commercial leases and contracts across...
23 October 2026
With an average basket of €3,500 and a payment journey that includes a financial deposit at the time of ordering, Mobilier de France shares with mind Retail its assessment of the rollout of...
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15 October 2026
Eager to bring together customer data and improve data accuracy, jewellery and watch retailer Maison A.Constant built its own Single Customer Repository (SCR) using n8n, an orchestration platform...
7 October 2026
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US retailers divided over the rise of autonomous shopping agents
In the US, Gap, Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon and eBay are taking very different approaches to agentic commerce. While TV shopping giants QVC and HSN see these new intermediaries as an opportunity to...
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21 October 2026